The top two rectangles are both from the SpringStar, the circle is from the Victor, and last one on the lower right in the plastic bag is from the Enforcer. These glue boards prove a couple of the things: they all catch fleas, and I had a really big problem.

The reason I have two glue boards for the SpringStar is because the one on the left costs over $2, while the one on the right is a Real-Kill Household Pest Glue Board that I cut to fit in the SpringStar and it cost right at $1. Frankly if cash is tight and you don’t have pets, a small night light over a Real-Kill will attract fleas, and anything else with six or more legs.

If you do have pets, you need to have the glue boards in an enclosure. The reason the Enforcer board is in a plastic bag is because I put it in the bag to prevent the cats from getting stuck to it, and it is firmly stuck to the bag. You need mineral spirits to dissolve the glue.

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Some may wonder why I keep fixating on these invasions of our privacy, and the 798^th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta is a good time to explain myself.

I believe in the principles laid down in the Magna Carta and the Constitution of the United States. I have sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States three times in my life, and I wasn’t kidding, I meant it.

The US flag is a military signaling device that is supposed to designate where US troops are located. Sorry, for me, that’s it, and some of my ancestors were the first to fight under that flag at the Battle of Oriskany.

The US government is the result of the choices made by political parties that are currently owned by moneyed interests and ratified by a minority of people willing to take the time to vote. At present only one in ten Americans think Congress can be trusted to do the right thing, that puts it at the bottom of the list among major institutions in this country, below even banks.

The real United States is the totality of the ideas expressed in the Constitution – it isn’t land or people, it is an ideal. When people mess with it, I intend to defend it. If something in the Constitution no longer works, there is a clear process to amend it, and it has been done 27 times, so people know how to do it when necessary. You don’t get a free pass from me to ignore the Constitution, no matter what your supposed reason.

The last two administrations have twisted laws into pretzels and classified everything in sight, to prevent a court decision on what they are doing. They know damn well it is unConstitutional, which is why they are resorting to secret laws. Fresh air and sunshine are the best ways of killing the mold that has overtaken the US government.

John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and count of Anjou in the meadow which is called Runnymede, between Windsor and Staines, on the fifteenth day of June, 1215, signed the Great Charter in the presence of assorted heavily armed peers of the realm, who assured him it was the right thing to do.

The British Library has pictures of the Magna Carta available, and Wikipedia has a nice discussion of the document.

The Magna Carta of 1297 is permanently residing in the US National Archives.

The Avalon Project’s translation of the 1215 version with an index and definitions.

John abided by the charter for several months, before he returned to business as normal, but the principle was established – no one is above the law.